Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and other related characters.

I hate computers! Not only did I post up the wrong chapter, but I also deleted the good one, so I had to rewrite the whole thing. Talk about stressful!

Anyways, here's your chapter. Sorry I put up the wrong one.

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"Ooops," Sonic said as he looked at Knuckles. "Are you OK?"

"What do you think?" Knuckles said as smoke continued to come out the back of the TV set.

Tails suddenly walked into the room.

"Hey, Sonic. Knuckles?"

Sonic shoved the pepper spray, crowbar, and empty water pitcher into Tails' arms and ran out of the room. "YOU help him!"

Sonic slowed down when he got to the kitchen, looking around for any hazards. When he didn't see any, he continued on into the dining room.

"Hello, Sonic," Amy said as she came up to him. "Where've you been?"

"Busy," Sonic replied. "Enjoying the party?"

"Yeah, it's been great, but I can't seem to find my purse anywhere. Have you seen it?"

"No, I don't think so," Sonic answered, "but I'll keep an eye out for it."

"Thanks, Sonic," Amy said as she walked off.

"Sonic," A voice called a dark corner of the room.

"Shadow," Sonic said as he walked over. "How are you doing?"

"Fine, fine. I'm not one much for parties though."

A shine on the ground captured Sonic's eye.

"Hey, is that yours?" Sonic asked Shadow.

"Now it is. Thanks!" Shadow shouted as he grabbed it and ran off.

"Hey, that's mine! I saw it first!" Sonic yelled as he chased after Shadow.

Sonic tackled Shadow, causing the quarter to fly out of his hands. It landed in front of Amy, who picked it up.

"Hey, give me that back!" Sonic shouted as he pounded Shadow.

"I don't have it!" Shadow yelled.

"Free is always nice," Rouge said as she swiped the coin from Amy.

"Hey!" Amy shouted as she gave chase.

"What the heck is going on?" Knuckles asked as he walked into the room. His face was burnt nearly black and the TV was now stuck on his foot.

"It looks like Capture the Quarter," Tails said as he came in.

"GIVE IT BACK!" Amy shouted from the other side of the house.

"Looks like it," Knuckles said as he ran towards the noise.

Amy and Rouge, meanwhile, ran outside of the house and were zooming around outside. Sonic and Shadow got up and chased after them, closely followed by Knuckles.

"I can't believe I'm doing this," Tails said as he flew after them.

Sonic grabbed the coin from Rouge as he ran past.

"Thanks!"

"I'll be taking that," Shadow said as he knocked down Sonic and snatched the coin.

Shadow ran past a tree when a leg shot out and tripped him up.

"Score one for Knuckles!" The red echidna said as he took the coin.

Suddenly a blow to the back of his head knocked Knuckles out. Amy put her hammer away and claimed the quarter.

Looking around, Amy saw nobody. Breathing relief, she started to relax...when an orange blur from above took the coin out of her hand and flew upwards.

"TAILS!" Amy yelled as he flew away.

"Nobody can reach me up here!" Tails said as he flew even higher.

"You're wrong there," Rouge said as she knocked the coin out of his hand.

It hit Sonic in the head, bouncing off and rolling to a stop on the ground. Sonic snatched it up and ran towards a nearby bridge. A toll booth blocked Sonic's way.

"Twenty-five cents," the toll booth guy said.

Sonic handed over the quarter and then nearly kicked himself.

"Hey, give that back!"

"Not a chance," Shadow said as he pulled off his disguise. "Come again!" Pulling a lever, a trapdoor opened up underneath Sonic, causing him to fall into the river.

"CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow teleported away to a deeper part of the woods.

"Give me that quarter!" Amy shouted as she tackled Shadow.

"Darn!"

"Hey, there it is!" Knuckles said as he joined Amy and Shadow in competing for the quarter. Tails flew down from above and joined in the pile.

The coin rolled out of the pile, coming to a stop at the front of Rouge's foot.

"How ridiculously easy," she said as she picked it up.

"MINE!" A voice yelled as she was shoved to the ground. Sonic stood there, coin in hand.

He looks at it for a second and then looks absolutely shocked.

"GUYS!" he shouted.

"What?!"

"THIS IS A FREAKING NICKEL!!!"

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This happened to two of my friends once, so I had to write it here. Fighting over a nickel that they thought was a quarter...and when they found out neither one of them wanted it. (LOL!)

Well, next chapter coming soon, and again I apologize for the chapter mess up.